Police: St. Cloud man pulled gun at The Press Bar and Parlor

St. Cloud police arrested James Anthony Wilks after he allegedly pulled a handgun and yelled at bar security staff early Friday morning, according to a St. Cloud police press release.

Wilks, 24, of St. Cloud, faces three charges of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and one charge of illegally possessing a firearm, according to Stearns County court records.

Wilks pulled a semiautomatic firearm about 12:30 a.m. during an altercation at The Press Bar and Parlor on West St Germain Street, according to the Statement of Probable Cause.

The St. Cloud man is not allowed to carry a gun because of a 2015 domestic assault felony conviction.

"After bar security had removed a male from the bar, two female friends and one male friend of the person being removed had started physically fighting with security," according to the police release. "At one point the altercation stopped at which time the male friend involved in the altercation reached down by his ankle and retrieved a handgun."

Law enforcement reported they saw Wilks drop something as he walked away from the bar, and they later recovered a gun at that spot. The gun had six rounds in the magazine, according to court documents.